When I go to buy clothing there is an amazing array of options, brands, colors, fabrics, and styles. My search for black trousers that are comfortable, will wear well, and not cost too much is complicated by an offering of… Continue reading

In a just a couple of weeks, on Sunday afternoons, I’ll be coaching football.  Not really, but if you sat in my living room while I watched the game, you might be fooled for a few minutes. I’ll yell things… Continue reading

“Classified!  Top Secret!”  People who handle sensitive information need a security clearance. Background checks determine if they are worthy of having knowledge that is critically important to the function of the government.  Companies keep secrets, too.  KFC has the “colonel’s… Continue reading

A year ago in London a baby boy was born to rule.  Prince George is third in line for the throne, a royal by birth. Though he looks just like thousands of other boys in England, he will hold a… Continue reading

Several years ago I read a book that was entertaining as well as provocative. The Year of Living Biblically  is the story of a man, A. J. Jacobs, Jewish by birth but not religious, who attempted to observe every commandment… Continue reading

In my conversations with a young man it became clear that he was deeply religious, a good guy who wanted to please God. He had made a long list rules that must be kept if he were to be a… Continue reading

Selah, my little grand-daughter, is at that age when independence starts. She wants to do things by herself. She has learned how to say, “No.”  She knows when she is saying something that her Dad has told her not to… Continue reading

So, Christian, you’re heading out into the world this week with an awesome privilege. Do you know what it is?  You are an ambassador of Christ’s realm!! Yes, God has credentialed you (and me!) to represent Him before our neighbors,… Continue reading

In the mid-Atlantic, there is an area of becalmed waters about 700 miles across and 2000 miles long! It is called the Sargasso Sea. All around that area there are strong ocean currents, but nothing in it!  Much of it… Continue reading

For years, due to lack of funds, necessary repairs to the buildings were put off or done in the cheapest way.  Systems were disabled instead of being fixed.  It was a maintenance plan of “bubble gum and band-aids.” In the… Continue reading